Re: [PATCH v12 00/25] Linux RISC-V AIA Support

From: Björn Töpel
Date: Tue Jan 30 2024 - 06:05:43 EST


Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 1:22 PM Björn Töpel <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Björn Töpel <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> > Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> >
>> >> The RISC-V AIA specification is ratified as-per the RISC-V international
>> >> process. The latest ratified AIA specifcation can be found at:
>> >> https://github.com/riscv/riscv-aia/releases/download/1.0/riscv-interrupts-1.0.pdf
>> >>
>> >> At a high-level, the AIA specification adds three things:
>> >> 1) AIA CSRs
>> >> - Improved local interrupt support
>> >> 2) Incoming Message Signaled Interrupt Controller (IMSIC)
>> >> - Per-HART MSI controller
>> >> - Support MSI virtualization
>> >> - Support IPI along with virtualization
>> >> 3) Advanced Platform-Level Interrupt Controller (APLIC)
>> >> - Wired interrupt controller
>> >> - In MSI-mode, converts wired interrupt into MSIs (i.e. MSI generator)
>> >> - In Direct-mode, injects external interrupts directly into HARTs
>> >>
>> >> For an overview of the AIA specification, refer the AIA virtualization
>> >> talk at KVM Forum 2022:
>> >> https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/kvmforum2022/a1/AIA_Virtualization_in_KVM_RISCV_final.pdf
>> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r071dL8Z0yo
>> >>
>> >> To test this series, use QEMU v7.2 (or higher) and OpenSBI v1.2 (or higher).
>> >>
>> >> These patches can also be found in the riscv_aia_v12 branch at:
>> >> https://github.com/avpatel/linux.git
>> >>
>> >> Changes since v11:
>> >> - Rebased on Linux-6.8-rc1
>> >> - Included kernel/irq related patches from "genirq, irqchip: Convert ARM
>> >> MSI handling to per device MSI domains" series by Thomas.
>> >> (PATCH7, PATCH8, PATCH9, PATCH14, PATCH16, PATCH17, PATCH18, PATCH19,
>> >> PATCH20, PATCH21, PATCH22, PATCH23, and PATCH32 of
>> >> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20221121135653.208611233@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/)
>> >> - Updated APLIC MSI-mode driver to use the new WIRED_TO_MSI mechanism.
>> >> - Updated IMSIC driver to support per-device MSI domains for PCI and
>> >> platform devices.
>> >
>> > Thanks for working on this, Anup! I'm still reviewing the patches.
>> >
>> > I'm hitting a boot hang in text patching, with this series applied on
>> > 6.8-rc2. IPI issues?
>>
>> Not text patching! One cpu spinning in smp_call_function_many_cond() and
>> the others are in cpu_relax(). Smells like IPI...
>
> Can you share the complete bootlog ?

Here: https://gist.github.com/bjoto/04a580568378f3b5483af07cd9d22501